Virginia is one of those states that offers no protections for trans people. This weekend, a trans woman was bashed in a parking lot. What an unbelievable coincidence.

According to Fredericksburg police, a 32-year-old woman was beaten by a mob as she walked through a 7-11 parking lot. As if that wasn’t bad enough, one of the assailants used a broken-off metal broom handle. Jesus.

The need for federal protections for LGBTers throughout the land could not be more obvious.

May 24, 2011 at 1:16 pm · @Reply ·

dvlaries

You’re not surprised if you’re unfortunate enough to live here. We’re the state that gave the world George ‘Macaca’ Allen, and in 1994, came within 3 percentage points of putting Oliver North in the Senate.

When I croak, I don’t even want my ashes left in this toilet of a state.

Flash mob beatings or anonymous mob assaults are becoming more common in the south and midwest. Witnesses said they were smiling and having fun. It’s a black thing, someone probably filmed it on their cell phone to upload it to Youtube, Facebook or Worldstarhiphop.

You mean laws that make you special right? So that way every time anything happens to someone from the LGBT community you can yell hate crime, even before having all the facts? Or are LGBT perfect who never do anything wrong?

If you read the linked article, there was an earlier argument about a dog. Also it was the victim saying the beating was in part due her being trans, That is just one side of the story, but leave it to a certain group of people to automatically throw up that trans phobia flag.

No one should be fighting anyone. Life is short. But things happen, and things happen. Things are said in the heat of the moment. This could of been someone getting singled out for being trans, or this just could of been brewing from that earlier argument. I mean lets get all the facts before deciding what is what.

May 25, 2011 at 6:40 pm · @Reply ·

Kev C

The good news is that neighbors got involved and stopped the fight, one even stood over her to stop the attack. She’s considered moving out but neighbors have convinced her to stay.